miércoles, 22 de agosto de 2012

BIG PICTURES

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad (and known informally as London 2012) are in full swing in London, United Kingdom. Around 10,500 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (the group responsible for organizing their people's participation in the games) will compete. Thousands and thousands of images will be made in London of the athletes and the spectators; the venues and the celebrations; the pomp and the circumstance. A search of current images in a wire database reveals images coming into the system at a rate of over 1,000 an hour during the hours of competition, resulting in a major picture editing challenge. A small sampling follows. --

Italy's Alex Giorgetti (5), Massimo Giacoppo (7) and other players gather before their men's preliminary round Group A water polo match against Greece at the Water Polo Arena, July 31, 2012. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters) #

Kinesio tape is seen on Germany's Katrin Holtwick during their women's beach volleyball preliminary match against Czech Republic's Hana Klapalova and Lenka Hajeckova at the Horse Guards Parade, July 28, 2012. Athletic tape made in every colour under the sun seems to be the latest must-have sports injury treatment at London 2012, where athletes may have been influenced by other big name tape fans such as Serena Williams and David Beckham. (Marcelo Del Pozo/Reuters) #

Miles Chamley-Watson of the U.S. reacts as he competes against Egypt's Alaaeldin Abouelkassem during their men's individual foil round of 32 fencing competition, July 31, 2012. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters) #

Cristina Direito of Angola can't prevent a goal in their Women's Handball Preliminaries Group A match against Montenegro on Day 5 of the London 2012 Olympic Games, August 1, 2012. (Rob Carr/Getty Images) #

Sebastian Stoss of Austria and Derya Buyukuncu of Turkey compete in heat 1 of the Men's 200m backstroke on Day 5 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre, August 1, 2012. (Clive Rose/Getty Images) #

Supporters of Switzerland's Roger Federer wait for the begining of the men's singles tennis match between Roger Federer and Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on Aug.1, 2012. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/GettyImages) #

Ruben Limardo Gascon of Venezuela celebrates victory in the Men's Epee Individual Fencing Semi Final against Seth Kelsey of the United States on Day 5 of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Aug. 1, 2012. (Ian Walton/Getty Images) #

Illya Kvasha and Oleksiy Prygorov of the Ukraine compete in the Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard final on Day 5 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre, Aug. 1, 2012. (Adam Pretty/Getty Images) #

Kazuhito Tanaka of Japan competes on the rings in the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around final on Day 5 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena, Aug. 1, 2012. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) #

The US team on the podium after winning the bronze medal in the women's quadruple sculls final A of the rowing event, at Eton Dorney Rowing Centre in Eton, west of London, Aug. 1, 2012. (Damien Meyer/AFP/GettyImages) #

Players try to catch the ball during the Women's preliminary round group B basketball match of the London 2012 Olympic Games Australia vs Brazil on Aug. 1, 2012. Australia won 67 to 61. (Mark Ralston/AFP/GettyImages) #

Marcel Nguyen of Germany competes on the floor in the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around final on Day 5 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena, Aug. 1, 2012. (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) #

A combination of pictures shows Kohei Uchimura of Japan competing in the six different apparatus of the men's individual all-around gymnastics final, Aug. 1, 2012. Four years after letting the title slip through his fingers, Uchimura finally won the Olympic gold medal he dreamed of to go with his three world crowns in the individual all-around gymnastics final. Clockwise: horizontal bar, parallel bars, vault, rings, floor and pommel. (Mike Blake, Dylan Martinez and Phil Noble/Reuters) #

Yin Alvarez, stepfather and coach of Danell Leyva of the U.S., embraces him after he competed in the horizontal bar during the men's individual all-around gymnastics final, Aug. 1, 2012. (Mike Blake/Reuters) #

Angelique Kerber of Germany reacts during her match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Aug. 2, 2012. (Elise Amendola/Associated Press) #

US fencer Nzingha Prescod prepares to fight against South Korea's Jung Gil Ok during the women's foil team session as part of the fencing event, Aug. 2, 2012 at the ExCel centre in London.(Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/GettyImages) #

Bill Lucas and Sam Townsend of Great Britain react after finishing outside of the medal positions in the Men's Double Sculls final on Day 6 at Eton Dorney, Aug. 2, 2012 in Windsor, England. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images) #

First placed Etienne Stott of Britain jumps into the water as compatriots David Florence and Richard Hounslow celebrate their second place finish with coach Mark Delaney in the men's canoe double (C2) final at Lee Valley White Water Centre, Aug. 2, 2012. (Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters) #

A combination picture shows painted faces of fans from different countries during the London 2012 Olympic Games. The fans are painted in the colours of Belarus, Spain, Great Britain., Hungary, France and Spain. (Reuters/Staff) #